rummage sale

Example Sentences

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Everything inside the beach shack was tagged and priced, just like a rummage sale.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2023

The scene on a recent Friday at a Greenwich Village townhouse was like a cross between an art opening and a rummage sale.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2022

Last year we did a big rummage sale, and we spent a lot of that time being like “How did we have so much crap?”

From Slate • Nov. 14, 2018

Dear Heloise: When your church is going to have a rummage sale, some of the people in the church work all week to unpack all the donated merchandise, set up tables and price everything.

From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2018

I pictured them elbowing each other as if at a church rummage sale.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver